Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...
An elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. Basile Morin via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-4.0 Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and ...
The list of feats Andrew Schulz has witnessed an elephant perform with its trunk is as long as, well, an elephant’s trunk. These powerful proboscises are strong enough to push over 900 pound trees and ...
Watching an elephant forage for roots to eat reveals just how strong yet sensitive its trunk is. An elephant’s more than 40,000 trunk muscles can upend trees and follow it up with gently collecting ...
Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Elephant Valley, a 13-acre-plus savanna at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, will bring guests so close to elephants ...
An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...
A 300-pound Asian elephant calf was born at the National Zoo early Monday, the zoo announced Tuesday morning. The calf, a female, is the first elephant to be born at the zoo in almost 25 years, and ...
A female Asian elephant calf was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father Spike at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. NOTE: B-roll and photos of the calf will be ...
It’s a girl! An elephant gave birth at the National Zoo on Monday, February 2, marking the first time in almost 25 years the zoo has welcomed a baby Asian elephant. There’s an abundance of bad news in ...
Over the years, there have been reports of human and elephant conflict, with estimates of the number of people killed by elephants reaching as high as 500. Researchers have linked these clashes to ...
Nearly two dozen people were killed and 15 were injured by a large wild bull elephant that went on a 10-day rampage through several towns in eastern India, terrorizing locals who reportedly climbed ...